Determining circadian response of adult male acrobasis nuxvorella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to synthetic sex attractant pheromone through time-segregated trapping with a new clockwork timing trap

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1690-1696

  Stevenson, Douglass E ^a   Harris, Marvin K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrobasis nuxvorella; Circadian; Pecan nut casebearer; Periodicity; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE LOCATION; PERIODICITY; PREDATION; SAMPLING; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLYING; INSECT CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PECAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CARYA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ACROBASIS NUXVORELLA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 71749084682     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0622     Document Type: Article

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